Paradise Crossed: Identity, Allegory, and the Reckoning of Modern Society | T. Awdry Winks

What happens when identity, power, and morality collide at the turn of a millennium?

In this intellectually charged episode of Mindset Mastery Moments, Dr. Alisa Whyte sits down with author T. Awdry Winks to explore his critically acclaimed novel At the Millennium: Paradise Crossed — a modern mythology that confronts identity, oppression, justice, and belonging in contemporary America.

Through allegory and symbolism, Paradise Crossed reimagines Eden in a capitalistic, warmongering epoch shaped by racial, immigrant, sexual, and gender identity struggles. This conversation goes beyond politics and into philosophy — examining trans identity as an expression of becoming, the moral architecture of oppression and injustice, and the role of immigration in shaping modern consciousness.

Recognized by Midwest Book Review and recommended for community, college, and university literary collections, this episode challenges listeners to think deeper about who we are, who we exclude, and what stories still have the power to reshape society.

This is not a light listen. It’s a thinking episode — for readers, leaders, creatives, and anyone willing to interrogate the moment we’re living in.

🔍 Topics Covered

• Identity as philosophy, not politics
• Allegory as a tool for social critique
• Trans identity and the concept of becoming
• Oppression, justice, and moral accountability
• Immigration, borders, and belonging
• Modern mythology and American consciousness
• Mindset, power, and cultural reckoning

🔗 Guest Contact & Book Links

🌐 Website: https://tawdrywinks.com
📖 At the Millennium: Paradise Crossed

• Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJRPPVRR
• Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM648VKZ
• Hardcover: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMF73S21

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